​Maureen Wilks

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Artist, Photographer, Writer

​​Bee Hive, Kew Gardens, London, Summer 2017

In the summer of 2017 I spent a lovely week in London enjoying a mini-heatwave and strolling through Kew Gardens and walking inside the Hive, an immersive sound and visual experience, designed by UK based artist Wolfgang Buttress. The lights you see and the sounds you hear inside The Hive are triggered by bee activity in a real beehive at Kew. The intensity of the sounds and light change constantly, echoing that of the real beehive